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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Henceforward he appears to digress into a moral discourse, but in a new manner, which does not occur in any other of his Epistles. For all of them are divided into two parts, and in the first he discusses doctrine, in the last the rule of life, but here, after having entered upon the moral discourse, he again unites with it the doctrinal part. For this passage has reference to doctrine in the controversy with the Manichees. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
We were not called by Christ, he says, in order to become slaves of the law, but to be freed from the yoke of servitude under the law. Then, lest anyone think that since we are free, we may do whatever we wish, he corrects this and says: let not our freedom be an occasion for indulging the flesh, that is, fleshly desires. For we were not freed from the yoke of the law in order to commit transgressions, but so that even without the yoke we might walk in good order, as is fitting for those who have received a good upbringing. …
Oecumenius
"For you were called to freedom." For we are no longer under the law but serve in freedom. "as an opportunity for the flesh." Since he calls freedom both upward and downward, and that we have been freed through Christ from the law, he feared they might assume that the yoke of the law had been loosened and that from this time it is permissible to do whatever we wish. This is therefore corrected and he says: Do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, to serve its desires and passions. …
Western Saints
Jerome
For you were called to freedom, brothers: only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh (understood); because that is not found in Greek, the Latin translator added it. This passage is very obscure, so it was decided to transfer it word for word from the tenth book of the Stromata. …
Thomas Aquinas
Having proposed an example of standing, and eliminated an obstacle thereto, he now establishes its mode. First, he establishes the mode of standing; Secondly, he gives an explanation (v. 14). As to the first he does three things: First, he sets down the condition of a state; Secondly, he describes its abuse; Thirdly, he asserts its mode (v. 13). The condition of standing is liberty. …
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